It speaks to how very difficult I find it to capture experiences or beliefs in words. I struggle so hard to compose prose that doesn’t feel blunt and false to me. The first line came to me as I was falling asleep the other night…

Ah, yes. I definitely know that experience! (Though could I find the right kind/combo/order of words to accurately describe the experience?!) I always feel like my prose ends up either too facile or too academic. Brutish, indeed.